Exodus 5:15
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And the officers of the children of Israel came, and cried out to Pharao, saying: Why dealest thou so with thy servants?

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Context
The Cry of the Israelites
15And the officers of the children of Israel came, and cried out to Pharao, saying: Why dealest thou so with thy servants?16Straw is not given us, and bricks are required of us as before; behold we, thy servants, are beaten with whips, and thy people is unjustly dealt withal.…
Cross References
Exodus 5:14
And they that were over the works of the children of Israel, were scourged by Pharao's taskmasters, saying: Why have you not made up the task of bricks, both yesterday and to day, as before?

Exodus 5:16
Straw is not given us, and bricks are required of us as before; behold we, thy servants, are beaten with whips, and thy people is unjustly dealt withal.

Lexicon
So the Israelite
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

foremen
שֹֽׁטְרֵי֙ (šō·ṭə·rê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7860: A scribe, an official superintendent, magistrate

went
וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

and appealed
וַיִּצְעֲק֥וּ (way·yiṣ·‘ă·qū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6817: To shriek, to proclaim

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

Pharaoh:
פַּרְעֹ֖ה (par·‘ōh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6547: Pharaoh -- a title of Egypt kings

“Why
לָ֧מָּה (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

are you treating
תַעֲשֶׂ֦ה (ṯa·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

your servants
לַעֲבָדֶֽיךָ׃ (la·‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

this way?
כֹ֖ה (ḵōh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3541: Like this, thus, here, now


Additional Translations
So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why deal you thus with your servants?

Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

And the accountants of the children of Israel went in and cried to Pharao, saying, Why dost thou act thus to thy servants?

Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dost thou deal thus with thy bondmen?

Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dealest thou thus with thy servants?

Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants?

And the authorities of the sons of Israel come in and cry unto Pharaoh, saying, 'Why dost thou thus to thy servants?
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